00:00This year I am with the Malaysian Airlines to deliver two flights, one to Tawau and one to Sandakan.
00:19Both of these flights are additional flights, what we call red-eye flights,
00:25which are night flights.
00:29The flight to Tawau started at 11pm and ended at 11.30pm.
00:35So when this flight arrived at Sabah, it was already 2am.
00:41So that is what we call red-eye flights.
00:44And the flight will return in a few minutes.
00:46So all of these special flights are additional flights to increase the capacity.
00:52So this year, for the Malaysian Airlines alone, they have added 102 additional flights tonight.
01:06So because of these additional flights, all of our airports are forced to operate until early morning.
01:15So this is our joint effort to deal with the issue of high flight tickets.
01:22So after a year of operating this base,
01:25where last year we started the base to set a fixed or maximum flight rate during the holiday season.
01:35We have seen that after a year of operating this base,
01:39it can be said that during the holiday season we have managed to control the flight tickets.
01:44Especially the flight to Sabah Sarawak.
01:48Because usually the price fluctuates from Kuala Lumpur to Sabah Sarawak before the holiday season.
01:56Because everyone wants to return at the same time.
01:59So if we look at the previous years,
02:02there were many cases where if they bought a ticket at the last minute,
02:09sometimes it would fluctuate.
02:12Because all airlines have a dynamic pricing.
02:17If the demand is high, the price will increase.
02:19But with the intervention of the government,
02:22we have given subsidies to the airlines so that we can set a maximum rate.
02:29So this year's maximum rate is set at RM499.
02:34But the airlines have done something more than that.
02:39So they have also proposed a fixed rate.
02:44For example, the Red Light Flags have set a fixed rate of RM400.
02:51So I understand that returning to the airport early can be done for RM300.
02:57So that is an additional effort from the airlines.
03:01As the Minister of Transport, I have said that the government will help partially,
03:06but the airlines will also help.
03:08So with this same effort,
03:10we have managed to see that there are no complaints from passengers.
03:15So the media has not heard about it anymore.
03:17There are people on social media saying that it is RM2,000 to return early,
03:20RM1,500 to return on time.
03:22There are no such issues.
03:24Because we have set a fixed rate for all flights within 3-4 days before the holiday season.
03:30I want to emphasize that this effort is not only for the Chinese New Year.
03:35The same for Eid al-Fitr, Khamatan, Gawai and Christmas.
03:39So we have been working together for a year with the airlines.
03:49We have seen that all the flights are full.
03:52So what is interesting is that 95% of the flights are full.
03:57Maybe there is only a few seats left.
04:00But this is an additional flight, this is a Red Light Flight.
04:04Normally, most of the seats are full.
04:10What is interesting is that not only are the flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sabah Sarawak full,
04:15the flights from Sabah Sarawak back to Kuala Lumpur are also full.
04:18For example, this flight went to Sandakan.
04:21From Sandakan or Tawau, it returned to KL.
04:24I understand that 90% of the flights are full.
04:28This means that many people are taking advantage of the cheaper flight tickets.
04:32Maybe some of them came to KL for vacation or to visit their relatives.
04:37So that is what I think is very good.
04:39And we hope that the government's main agenda is to see more national integration
04:48between Semenanjung and Sabah Sarawak.
04:50This is our national agenda.
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